TikTok star Anna Grace Phelan has died of cancer at 19 years old.
Her death was confirmed Saturday in a message on her TikTok page.
TikTok star Anna Grace Phelan has died at 19. Evans Funeral Home“It is with great sadness to announce that our beautiful daughter, Anna Grace Phelan, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ,” the message wrote.
“So many of you have followed her journey through a difficult battle with cancer and bore witness to her powerful testimony of faith,” the statement continued.
Phelan frequently documented her battle with brain cancer. Instagram/@phelann.annaa
“Thank you for the countless thousands of prayers for healing and peace,” the message added. “May we all rejoice with the assurance that she is in Heaven now, and she has been healed.”
According to Phelan’s obituary, her funeral service will be held on Thursday at the Galilee Christian Church in Jackson County, Georgia. The burial will follow at the Galilee Christian Church Cemetery.
Phelan is survived by her parents, William “Buddy” Phelan and Nadine Phelan, brother Harper David Phelan and more family members.
Phelan’s family confirmed her death in a message on her TikTok page. Instagram/@phelann.annaa
Anna Grace Phelan. Instagram/@phelann.annaaThe influencer revealed to her followers last September that she was battling brain cancer. Her diagnosis came days before she was due to start her first year of college.
In a previous TikTok video, Phelan explained that her initial symptoms included numbness in the left side of her face and in the right side of her leg. That led to her scheduling an MRI which showed a lesion on her brain.
Anna Grace Phelan
Anna Grace Phelan in the hospital during her cancer battle. Instagram/@phelann.annaa“I started losing my balance,” she told her followers. “I started having vision problems in my left eye, my numbness in my face and on my leg is still here. My speech started to seem weird. My head’s very foggy.”
After undergoing a biopsy, Phelan learned she had a tumor. She was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a highly aggressive brain cancer that grows rapidly and is incurable.
Anna Grace Phelan in an Instagram photo. Instagram/@phelann.annaa“This is definitely the hardest news I’ve ever received,” she said in a TikTok video in September. “By all means, this is not easy. Just going to trust in the Lord and try and keep pushing forward.”
Phelan continued to document her cancer battle on TikTok in the months leading up to her death.
Anna Grace Phelan during her cancer battle. Instagram/@phelann.annaaIn one of her final videos shared May 14, Phelan said, “Things haven’t been good. My tumor grew and it’s in the area where I can’t breathe. It can’t be operated.”
“So, I just wanted to say thank you for all the prayers,” she continued. “It would take a miracle, but I’m not giving up yet. If you keep praying for me, I think that I’ll make it.”
A GoFundMe for Phelan was started after her diagnosis. The page has raised over $65,000.
